Where does THE University OF Liverpool rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE University OF Liverpool ranks #4,847 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does THE University OF Liverpool hold?

THE University OF Liverpool holds 72 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 65 technology areas.

What is THE University OF Liverpool's Innovation Score?

THE University OF Liverpool has an Innovation Score of 57.9 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is THE University OF Liverpool's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE University OF Liverpool's recent grant velocity is +19% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for THE University OF Liverpool's patents?

THE University OF Liverpool's patents average 18.6 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the THE University OF Liverpool patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

THE University OF Liverpool

Q: What technology areas does THE University OF Liverpool focus on?

THE University OF Liverpool's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 22 patents. Grants appear in 65 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 72 granted patents across 65 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #4,847 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 72 patents across 65 technology areas.

#4,847
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.9/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4847 · Foreign Corporation #4,847 · 72 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 72 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,847/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Saluda Medical Pty
CPC-WIDE A61K · 65 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saluda Medical Pty Ltd (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cigna Intellectual… · near

58
Medtronic Ireland… · near

58
THE University OF… · this assignee

58
Unirac · near

58
Xidian University · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 57.9/100 (top 5% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

How THE's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, THE University OF Liverpool received 37 grants versus 31 in 2015–2019 (+19% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 10 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 4. Lead class A61K accounts for 30.6% of the portfolio across 65 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Saluda Medical Pty Ltd (#4,842) and Unity IPR ApS (#4,850).

THE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, THE University OF Liverpool moved from 22 to 23 grants (1.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Saluda Medical Pty

72
Sirna Therapeutics

72
Sococo

72
Texas Instruments…

72
Tianjin Wanda Tyre

72
Tokiwa

72
University OF Cop…

72
Unity IPR Aps

72
THE University OF… ◀

72

What this shows THE holds 72 patents at rank #4,846, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near THE

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,846 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in THE's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for THE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Cigna Intellectual Property, Inc. 58 Unirac, Inc. 58 Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company 58 Xidian University 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.6 here).

Wickr Inc. 18.6 avg Workhorse Group Inc. 18.6 avg Visa U.S.A. Inc. 18.6 avg OneSubsea IP UK Limited 18.6 avg

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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THE University OF Liverpool patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	8.3%
2016	6	8.3%
2017	5	6.9%
2018	6	8.3%
2019	8	11.1%
2020	10	13.9%
2021	4	5.6%
2022	8	11.1%
2023	7	9.7%
2024	8	11.1%
2025partial year	4	5.6%

Which technologies does THE University OF Liverpool patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 22

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 21

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 20

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 20

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 18

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 17

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 15

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 11

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 11

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 10

B01D - Separation 9

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 8

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

C07K - Peptides 6

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 6

Top 15 of 65 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,847

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

THE University OF Liverpool's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE University OF Liverpool's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 30.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #4,847 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE University OF Liverpool against Saluda Medical Pty Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.9/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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